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You are welcome to Montpellier, located on the south coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea. With a population of 265,000 inhabitants (510,400 in the whole metropolitan area), it is the third-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille and Nice. Montpellier became the capital of botanical science in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. Nowadays, Montpellier and the surrounding region are hosts to many different research teams working in the areas of agronomy, biodiversity, ecology and biological control and which belong to a variety of French and foreign research agencies (INRA, Cirad, Anses, USDA, Csiro, IRD, ...).

How to reach Montpellier

By plane

Montpellier is connected with Paris (1h20) by regular flights. See the Airport website for more detailed information. The city center is easily accessible from Montpellier Méditerranée Airport by public transportation: by airport shuttle and then tram. The Airport shuttle goes to the tram station "Place de l'Europe". From there, downtown is accessible with tram line 1 (direction 'Mosson') or tram line 3 (direction 'Albert 1er'). All public transport timetables (buses and tram) are accessible here

By train

Montpellier can be reached by high-speed trains (TGV) from Paris (Gare de Lyon, 3h20) and Lyon (1h50), or Roissy Airport (Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV, 4h)